TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters
Week of July 1, 2022
1.A famous chair inside Independence Hall has the picture of this promising natural phenomenon as noted by Ben Franklin in a famous speech given there: (20 points)
- a mooon
- a waterfall
- a cave
- a flower
- a sunrise
2.Who wrote the famous document read publicly in Philadelphia in July, 1776? (5 points)
- James Madison
- Benjamin Franklin
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Adams
3.After the Declaration of Independence, which major document was written next ? (20 points)
- The Constitution
- The Star Spangled Banner
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- The Penn Charter
- The Bill of Rights
4.Which of the following is a shade of a secondary color? (10 points)
- cobalt
- butter
- crimson
- ivory
- leaf
5.Which has "spacious skies"? (5 points)
- Stars and Stripes Forever
- Star Spangled Banner
- Yankee Doodle
- God Bless America
- America the Beautiful
6.This famous American composed over 130 marches: (10 points)
- Scott Joplin
- John Philip Sousa
- Mark Twain
- Stephen Foster
- George Gershwin
7.Sam, a loyal American, told his teacher the primary colors are red, white, and blue. Why was he wrong? (5 points)
- Yellow is a primary color
- He forgot black
- White is not a color
- More than one of the other answers
- He forgot green
8.Fireworks were originally invented by the (10 points)
- Spaniards
- Vikings
- Chinese
- French
- Puritans
9.Which word is not the same part of speech as the others? (10 points)
- congratulatory
- ambulatory
- laboratory
- predatory
- exploratory
10.The King of England at the time of the Lexington and Concord was: (5 points)
- John-Paul
- Midas
- George III
- Ferdinand
- Charles of Whales
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